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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

431 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 22

Mayor Replies to C.r.c.c. Chairman

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 2

IF the advice of experienced engineers had been followed the Nymboida hydro-electric scheme would not have been extended to other areas until the bigger Jackadgery or Gorge Schemes was undertaken, said the Mayor of Grafton (Ald. W. T…

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Proposal For Second J.F. District Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 November 1948 · page 2

MACLEAN.--A plan for the formation of two district councils of Junior Farmers on the Clarence was put forward by…

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County Council Chairman Replies To City Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 3

THE context of Ald. Robinson's reply appeared to indicate that the C.R.C.C. should have confined itself to the entirely parochial policy of supplying only the Clarence River district and that the Nymboida Power Station should not have been…

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Mayor Suggests Personal Interests In Dispute

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 3

A SUGGESTION that personal interests, rather than the development of hydro-electricity and flood mitigation on the Clarence, concerned the chairman of the Clarence River County Council (Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald) was made by the Mayor of…

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Shire Truck Drivers Stop Work At Tomki

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday.--Twelve truck operators employed by the Tomki Shire Council stopped work to-day as a protest against…

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No Trucks For Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed.--The executive of the Transport Workers Union decided to-night to recommend to members of the union…

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"Stagger Weed" In Parts of Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 5

Some time ago samples of a small [?] was brought to [?] and was found to be what is [?] known as…

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Council Backs "Wrong Horces"

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 5

Do[?] Shire [?] got on [?] during the [?] month Coffs pound [?] report to Wednesday[?]…

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Delegates Walk Out From Labour Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- About 50 Left Wing delegates of 18 unions walked out of a meeting of the N.S.W. Trades and Labour…

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P.P. Union Council On Lunch Hour Closing

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1948 · page 3

BELLINGEN.--Raleigh District Council of the P.P.U. has not got very far as yet in its endeavours to have business…

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Dorrigo Shire By-Election

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.-- Final figures in the Dorrigo Shire Council by-election are not yet available, as votes from outlying…

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Plans For New Shire Chambers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 7

Final draft plans of the proposed new Shire Chambers to be erected at Coffs Harbour, were submitted to Wednesday's…

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Grafton Council. Light Extensions Throughout City

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 3

The Grafton City Council last night adopted recommendations by the Lighting Committee involving the extension of street…

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Telephone Service Under Fire At Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 3

A motion by Ald. W. R. Weiley at Grafton City Council meeting directed that the attention of the P.M.G.'s…

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South Council Defers Petition for Removal of Trees

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 3

A petition that a number of trees be removed in Skinner street in that section of the business section from the Bank…

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City Council Jacaranda Festival Site To Be Chosen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 3

ALD. E. H. Chataway successfully moved, at last night's meeting of the Grafton City Council, that council give immediate consideration to providing a place for the Jacaranda Festival in keeping with its world- wide, reputation; that the place provide…

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City Council. Sewerage Area For Grafton West; Loan Negotiations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 2

The Grafton City Council last night authorised the Town Clerk (Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather) to negotiate for a loan of…

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Shire Offices Close

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 2

Every municipal and shire office in the Clarence area will be closed on Friday when the Shire and Municipal…

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Council Calls Instruction Unjustified Interference To Local Government

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 3

THE Grafton City Council decided on Monday night to inform the Department of Building Materials that it regarded the department's instruction that demolition of existing structures could not be effected without the Minister's approval, as an…

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Potato Growers' Council President Re-Elected

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Gregor, of Maclean, has been re-elected president of the New South Wales Potato Growers' Council. The result of…

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